USEFULL APPS AND SITES

📍 Navigation & Transportation 🎟️ Booking Activities & Experiences 🚖 Taxi & Ride-Hailing Apps 🌸 Seasonal Apps

Tabimawari

Japan

USEFULL APPS & SITES

📍 Navigation & Transportation

📌 Google Maps →

Essential for easy navigation, train schedules, and walking routes.

📲 Suica on Apple Wallet → How to Add Suica to Apple Wallet

If you use an iPhone, add a virtual Suica card to pay for trains, buses, and even shopping directly from your phone.

🚲 Docomo Bike Share → Docomo Bike Share

Quick and easy bike rentals in major cities like Tokyo and Osaka.

🛴 LUUP (Bike & Scooter Rentals) → LUUP App

Rent bikes & scooters with multiple docking stations across Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and more.
No Japanese driver’s license required – just pass a quick in-app test.

E-SIM providers :

YESIM
HOLAFLY (HOLAFLY 5% CODE : TABIMAWARI)
UBIGI
AIRALO
SAILY ( 15% OFF WITH MY CODE : TABIMAWARI)
DRIMSIM
SAKURA MOBILE
JAPAN EXPERIENCE

🎟️ Booking Activities & Experiences

Klook → Klook Website

Book attractions & activities in advance and enjoy discounts! 📌 Discount code: TABIMAWARI

GetYourGuide → GetYourGuide

Discover and book unforgettable travel experiences, tours, and tickets.

Tabelog → Tabelog Japan

Japan’s #1 restaurant listing & review site, perfect for finding great places to eat.

WABUNKA - Luxe experience dedicated to offering exclusive, private tours and expert-led experiences that immerse travelers in Japan’s rich cultural heritage.
Japan experience At a reasonable price, you’ll be accompanied by a local English-speaking guides on a tailor-made private tour

🍽️ Food & Special Diets

Halal Navi → Halal Navi

Helps you find Halal restaurants, mosques, and Halal-friendly shops.

HappyCow → HappyCow

Find Vegan & Vegetarian restaurants in Japan.

Tablecheck →TableCheck is a restaurant reservation app that lets you book tables at restaurants & browse menyu.
Ramen beast → A ramen-focused app that helps you find and track ramen shops, styles, and reviews, mainly used by ramen fans in Japan.
Byfood : byFood to experience Japanese food beyond restaurants. Book cooking classes, food tours, tea ceremonies, and unique local experiences across Japan. Every booking supports local businesses and helps fight food waste.

🔋 Power & Battery Charging

Spot Charge → Spot Charge

If you don’t have a power bank, rent one at convenience stores, malls, hotels, restaurants, bars, and entertainment locations.

🗣️ Translation & Communication

DEEPL → DEEPL Translator

One of the most accurate translation tools for text.

Google Translate → Google Translate

Great for scanning menus and signs with the camera function.

PAYKE → payke

Scan products in stores to get translations, ingredients, and explanations in English. Very useful for shopping and cosmetics.

KULI KULI → Kulikuli Lets you translate menus, signs, labels, and receipts from pictures
STORAGE
Ecbo cloack →A luggage storage service in Japan that lets you leave your bags in shops, cafés, and stations for a few hours or a full day.
- Radical storage →A worldwide luggage storage service where you can store bags in local businesses near stations and tourist areas.
- Bounce→ A luggage storage app that lets you store your bags for a few hours or a full day in local shops and hotels

🌸 Seasonal Apps

Mymizu → Mymizu

Find free water refill stations, natural springs, and businesses that allow you to refill your bottle (very useful in summer).

Sakura Navi → Sakura Navi

Track the cherry blossom forecast and find the best viewing spots.

Ofuro is an app that helps you find and check information about public baths, sento, and onsen across Japan.

🚖 Taxi & Ride-Hailing Apps

GO App (Japan’s Taxi App) → GO Taxi App

The most widely used taxi app in Japan – book, track your ride, and pay through the app.

Uber Japan → Uber Japan

Available in some major Japanese cities.

OTHERS

Flush →A toilet finder app that helps you quickly locate nearby public restrooms.
Tenkijp → A Japanese weather app providing detailed, local forecasts, rain timing, and seasonal info across Japan.